Guide Peter the Painter on his task of painting eight buildings while avoiding the Bucket Chucker and his Flying Half-Pints. Bristles features eight different buildings with six skill levels per building. Use elevators, climb stairs and watch out for the superís daughter; she puts her hand prints all over the place.

Bristles for the 5200 was released in August 2004 during Classic Gaming Expo in San Jose, California and features a full color box with cartridge tray, die cut cartridge label and six page color instruction manual. Production was limited to 100 serialized boxed games.

Bristles was originally released by First Star in 1984 for the use on Atari 8-bit home computers. The game was well received but saw limited distribution. Bristles for the Atari 5200 SuperSystem is the first title released by an original manufacturer in the modern era for a classic game system and is available exclusively through Atari2600.com.